Shameless Obama Reading 'Pickles' in Oval Office 4.71K Pareene 03/23/10 05:28PM Filed to: Cartoon Violence Cartoon Violence Scandal Barack Obama Politics pickles Comics print is dead Ken Layne has a blockbuster scoop: on Sunday, while Barack Obama was supposed to be fixing America's broken healthcare system, he was actually reading the Sunday funnies. Specifically, "Pickles."